LOCAL SPORTS

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP - Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring in the name of…

College volleyball: Clarke @ William Penn  7pm High school volleyball: Oskaloosa @ Norwalk Marshalltown @ Ottumwa Colfax-Mingo @ North Mahaska Newton @ Pella Grinnell @ Pella Christian Hillcrest Academy @ Pekin PCM @ Saydel Knoxville @ Davis County Albia @ Clarke High school cross country:…

It was an old-fashioned defensive struggle Friday night (9/11) when Oskaloosa’s football team played Benton Community in Williamsburg.  After four quarters, the game was tied 7-7, sending the game to overtime.  Oskaloosa scored on its…

The Oskaloosa High football team opens district play Friday night (9/11) when the Indians take on Benton Community in Williamsburg.  Benton is a team the Indians have played just twice before—in the early 1990s.  Oskaloosa…

Ottumwa’s football team will have a game this weekend.  The Bulldogs will travel to Winterset Friday night (9/11).  Ottumwa’s schedule has been wrecked because of coronavirus issues.  You'll remember their season opener against Central DeWitt…

The new Associated Press Iowa high school football rankings released Monday (9/7) do not include any teams in Class 4A or 3A, although Pella and Grinnell did receive votes in 3A.  PCM continues to be…

Volleyball: Oskaloosa @ Newton 7pm  (KMZN AM & FM 6:45pm) Southeast Polk @ Ottumwa EBF @ Centerville South Tama @ Montezuma North Mahaska @ Tri-County Pella @ Norwalk Pella Christian @ Indianola Dallas Center-Grimes @ Grinnell Columbus @ Pekin Greene County @ PCM Wayne @ Albia…

The Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont football team will not play Friday night (9/4) at Sigourney-Keota.  The EBF School District announced Wednesday that all extracurricular activities are cancelled for the rest of the week.  You’ll remember that on Tuesday,…

Oskaloosa High’s volleyball team opened its Little Hawkeye Conference season Tuesday (9/1) with a five set thriller at Dallas Center-Grimes.  But it was the Fillies who won the match three sets to two.  Dallas Center-Grimes…

Sigourney-Keota's 27-21 win over Mid-Prairie last Friday (9/28) was due in large part to senior Brady Duwa.  He returned the second half kickoff for a touchdown, then late in the game, intercepted a pass to…